Creamy Spicy Mayo Like Kewpie to Top off Your Favorite Sushi

If you love sushi, then you are probably a fan of this spicy mayo sauce as well. In fact, most restaurant will serve this sauce, either as drizzling on top of the rolls, or glazing okonomiyaki. You may have eat this hundred times and wondering how it’s made of or how complex is it to bring this mouth-watering creamy taste home.

This spicy mayo, simply put, is just the combination of Japanese mayonnaise (say Kewpie) and chili paste. Now you might have said, how is it different from the American ever-popular mayo. Well, the Kewpie is a little bit more tangy, salty-sweet and softer compare to what we have here. It also due to the fact that they’re favoring rice vinegar over lime juice, that’s the result feel more oriented too.

So, if you’re wanting to bring this sauce home, you could either make it yourself or buy a Kewpie at the oriental market, international aisle of your grocery or online retailer ( say Amazon).

If you don’t have much access to the store bought, or for some reasons want to make the mayo yourself ( plus the spicy version too) and feel good about it, then there are two methods to work around.

The first is a quick conversion of the American mayo into Kewpie by adding Hondashi and rice or cider vinegar. This doesn’t took much power and time at all, and can be fix up in 5 minutes max, so it fit perfectly for people on short time and just want the creaminess in a flask. However, because this use the store bought mayonnaise, so if you’re a health conscious, then this is probably not for you.

The second method is healthier as you’re making the mayo yourself, using organic egg yolk and avocado oil, which is healthier compare to the canola oil in most store bought. Also because you’re making is yourself, you’re worry-free of any fillers, dye or thickener. The down side is, you need more time to prepare (i.e cool the egg and oil at room temperature in advance), and hand power (or machine) to whisk some yolk.

And the final product, made either way, even the store bought Kewpie, just mix it with Sriracha to make that irresistible golden spicy mayo.

Recipe for house spicy mayo sauce

Course: Condiment

Cuisine: Japanese

Author: Victoria

Introducing on how to make spicy mayo at home, through mayonnaise - Kewpie conversion to totally from scratch yolk. Thick, creamy and delicious guarantee!

Spicy Mayo

Instructions

Instant Kewpie Mayo sauce

If you use the dried Hondashi, mix it with vinegar to fully dissolve before adding other ingredients.

Combine all ingredients (mayonnaise, sesame oil, vinegar, sugar, and dashi) and whisk to fully mix. This is your mayo with make-a-like Kewpie

Home made Kewpie Mayo for sushi/nigiri

In a small sauce pan on low/simmering heat, combine vinegar and dashi/hondashi.

Stir well while simmering to evaporate some water concentration and reduce the amount of liquid down to about less than/equal 1 Tbsp.

Remove from heat, add sugar and mustard. Stir to mix and let cool to room temperature.

In a clean container, add egg yolk and 1/2 tsp salt, and whisk them until yolk color goes light. (Perfect job for a hand blender/mixer. Note that you could also throw them in a blender/food processor and pulse for a few times to achieve same result)

While whisking/machine blending/mixing, slowly dripping avocado oil, spoon-by-spoon every 5-10 second to let mixture become thick and emulsifying.

When mixture reach full fluffy thickness, start adding the vinegar/dashi/sugar mixture to let it soften up. Whisk/pulse several times to combine. This is your home made Kewpie (Japanese) Mayo.

Spicy Mayo

Add Sriracha into the above mayo(either way or store bought) and whisk some more for the perfect spicy mayo sauce.

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